Practice English Listening Test for A2 – Listening for Numbers and Missing Words Test #3

1 (on) (an/a) (beautiful) island   2 (by) plane  

3 (her) cousins   4 volleyball   5 geography

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MAN:   OK, children, today is the last day of school. I want to ask you some questions about the holidays. Katy, what are you going to do?

GIRL:   Well, first we’re going to go shopping. I need a lot of new clothes for my holiday!

MAN:   Where are you going for your holiday?

GIRL:   We’re going to a beautiful island. We go there every year. It’s hot, and there are banana trees everywhere.

MAN:   How are you going to get there? By boat?

GIRL:   No, it’s too far. We’re going by plane.

MAN:   Well, that will be quicker. Are you going with your mum and dad?

GIRL:   No, I’m going with my cousins.

MAN:   What are you going to do on the island?

GIRL:   Well, swim, and I want to play a lot of volleyball.

MAN:   And are you going to take any homework with you?

GIRL:   Oh, yes! Geography, of course!

MAN:   Excellent, Katy! Enjoy your holiday!

GIRL:   Thank you.

1 57/fifty-seven   2 rice   3 village  

4 climbing   5 husband

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WOMAN:   Hello, young man. Do you want to ask me some questions?

BOY:   Yes, I’ve got to write some things about you for my homework.

WOMAN:   Well?

BOY:   When I see you on TV, everyone just calls you Betty. Do you have another name?

WOMAN:   Yes, it’s Betty Fountain. That’s F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N.

BOY:   Right, now I know. But I don’t know how old you are.

WOMAN:   You guess.

BOY:   Mmmm. Forty-three?

WOMAN:   No! Fifty-seven.

BOY:   But you look so young!

WOMAN:   Well, I try to eat the right things.

BOY:   Like what?

WOMAN:   I usually eat salad, rice and fish.

BOY:   Mmm. Do you like in a big house near the beach, like all the other actors and singers?

WOMAN:   No, I have a flat in the city and a little house in a village.

BOY:   Oh. What do you do in your holidays?

WOMAN:   We love sports, so in winter we go skiing and in the summer we go climbing.

BOY:   Who do you go with?

WOMAN:   I always go on holiday with my husband.

1 engineer   2 London   3 (by) train  

4 half-past six/6, 6.30, half six/6, six thirty

5 golf

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GIRL:   Hello. Can I ask you some questions about your job? It’s for my English homework.

MAN:   Yes, of course you can.

GIRL:   Thank you. First, what’s your surname?

MAN:   It’s Powers.

GIRL:   Is that P-O-W-E-R-S?

MAN:   That’s right.

GIRL:   And what do you do, Mr Powers? What’s your job?

MAN:   I’m an engineer.

GIRL:   Oh. Do you like your job?

MAN:   Yes. It’s very interesting.

GIRL:   Where do you work?

MAN:   At London Airport.

GIRL:   That’s a very big place, isn’t it?

MAN:   Yes, a plane arrives there every minute.

GIRL:   And how do you get to work every day? Do you go by car?

MAN:   Oh, no, it’s too far. I take the train every morning.

GIRL:   Do you have to start work very early?

MAN:   Well, usually I start work at half past eight, but on Saturdays, I begin at half past six. I’m always tired after that, but I don’t have to work on Sundays or Mondays.

GIRL:   Right. My last question. What do you like doing when you’re not working? I mean, do you play a sport, like football or tennis …?

MAN:   Well, I prefer golf. That’s my favourite sport, but I’m not very good at it.

GIRL:   Thank you, Mr Powers. That’s everything.